Rolls-Royce takes TotalCare digital with Microsoft and Singapore Airlines

Rolls-Royce and Microsoft Corp. are collaborating to harness the power of digital technology to transform the aerospace industry. This collaboration brings together best-in-class solutions for aerospace engineering and cloud computing, including advanced analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT), to fundamentally change engine-related operations and services. This capability will be incorporated into Rolls-Royce’s industry-leading TotalCare services to significantly reduce cost, improve on-time performance and provide better value to our customers and the industry as a whole. Built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and utilising Microsoft’s Azure IoT Suite to collect and aggregate data from disparate, geographically distributed sources and Cortana Intelligence Suite to uncover data insights, the new digital capability is able to manage and integrate much broader quantities of airline operational data. Using a range of smart data analysis capabilities and predictive tools, and engineering expertise to add additional insight, the results will help airlines reduce fuel usage, fly routes more efficiently, and ensure the right teams and equipment are in place to service engines more quickly and maintain the highest levels of availability. Rolls-Royce is targeting a significant improvement in airline efficiency, a step-change in resolving engine-related issues, supporting a vision of every journey, for every passenger, taking off and landing on time, every time